Synonyms of tormented

Verb


1. torment, torture, excruciate, rack, pain, anguish, hurt

usage: torment emotionally or mentally

2. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke

usage: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

3. torture, excruciate, torment, injure, wound

usage: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

Adjective


1. anguished, tormented, tortured, sorrowful (vs. joyful)

usage: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"

2. hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented, troubled (vs. untroubled)

usage: tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis

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